haze of growth…

being that my (current) backyard is a forest I get to stare at a crap-ton of trees on a regular basis. Once fall has come to an end, the trees are nothing but tall empty super skinny sticks and as winter progresses they seem to get taller and more empty looking (probably just my eyes, […]

a trip to Southern Virginia…

Thanks to Groupon the BF and I had a wonderful extended weekend in Southern Virginia. We spent two nights in Smithfield and two nights in Williamsburg. A fun filled weekend of historic places and things — the Jamestown Settlement, Smithfield, Colonial Williamsburg, some great driving tours, passed a number of plantations, saw lots of cotton […]